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Despite Fade, Padres Worth Celebrating

Hail to the losers. Hail to the field personnel of the San Diego Padres. Great praise to a team that had only one good hitter yet extracted 90 victories from the journey that ended Sunday in defeat. Huzzahs for the National League's best bullpen, for a 22-year-old hothead who matured into an ace, for the pitching gurus...

Twelve Thoughts: Huff's MVP Chances, Gillick in Wrigleyville, Eckstein

The more I learn about Aubrey Huff's season, the higher the red-thonged, San Francisco Giants slugger goes on my MVP ballot. Huff may not crack my top three, but his bat, versatility and goofy, if sartorially icky leadership, deserve extra recognition. Huff moved from first to left, which allowed Buster Posey's bat to...

Twelve Thoughts: Nolan Ryan, Giants Bargains, Mat Latos

West Coast Bias, classing the place up, gives you Dick Enberg's spirited ode to Nolan Ryan's 383-strikeout season. The American League's Cy Young award in 1973 went to Jim Palmer of the first-place Baltimore Orioles, in part, the former Angels broadcaster said, because Ryan's feats with a weak California club were muted...

Twelve Thoughts: Peavy Retrospective, Showalter, Lilly Loving L.A.

Now that five ace pitchers have been traded in the last 13 months, one of the early trades, the stunner that sent Jake Peavy to the White Sox last summer, somehow is even more incredible. Comparisons between the price paid for Peavy and the prices paid for Cliff Lee (dealt three times in that span), Dan Haren, Roy...

Ryan Ludwick Makes Padres Big Winners in Three-Way Deal, but Challenges Await

SAN DIEGO -- It looks like the San Diego Padres improved their National League West-leading club on Saturday when they obtained slugging right fielder Ryan Ludwick via a three-way deal with the St. Louis Cardinals and Cleveland Indians. Here are the salient points of the trade, which first was reported by...

David Eckstein News From the Web

04/28/12 Donate Life walks with 11,000, Idol and Eckstein Source: The Orange County Register - Orange County CA As Craig and Kathleen Hostert cruised the annual Donate Life Run/Walk course in a golf cart Saturday to ensure everything was running smoothly, they were repeatedly stopped by walkers who wanted to shake their hands, to give them hugs and to say "thank you."
04/14/12 Cubs blast Wainwright, Cardinals Source: Daily Chronicle - Dekalb IL Jim Edmonds and David Eckstein came out together with the '06 trophy.

Background on David Eckstein

David Mark Eckstein (; born January 20, 1975) is a former American professional baseball player who was an infielder in Major League Baseball for ten seasons.

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